Why PlayStation

PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5 PlayStation4 PlayStationVR PlayStationPlus acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Who We Are

AtSony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) PlayStation we create unforgettable gaming experiencesand were just as committed to building a world-class team. As a leader in interactive entertainment PlayStation operates at a massive scale supporting millions of players worldwide and processing billions of transactions annually across our digital ecosystem.

OurStore Publishing Operations & Commerce (SPOC) teamis responsible for ensuringtrust security and seamless transactionsacross PlayStations digital store. We providedata-driven solutionsto support platform services customer experience payments fraud prevention and risk management. By using advanced analytics and machine learning/AI we assist in protecting the commerce ecosystem facilitating business growth and optimizing player experiences.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior ML/AI Engineer to lead the design optimization and deployment of large-scale automation efforts utilizing LLMs and generative AI as appropriate. This role sits at the intersection of machine learning backend engineering and cloud-scale infrastructure focusing on building intelligent systems that power our teams.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building scalable automated systems. You combine backend engineering expertise with applied AI knowledge using technologies like LangChain vector databases and LLM APIs alongside microservices Kubernetes Terraform and CI/CD pipelines to create resilient intelligent systems. Youll partner closely with devOps data science and data engineering to deploy scalable reliable and cost-efficient automation solutions that increase efficiencies and accelerates innovation across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Automate Workflows: Architect build test and monitor AWS-based workflows to solve critical business problems

Microservices and APIs: Develop microservices for ML-driven applications using Python or Java ensuring scalability and resilience.

Service Availability: Guarantee high levels of service availability through participation in an on-call rotation following best practices for disaster recovery and business continuity.

Automated Deployment: Ensure all work is deployed in an automated repeatable fashion optimizing infrastructure for cost and efficiency.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Educational Background: Bachelors degree with 6 years of experience in machine learning backend engineering or AI platform development.

Coding Proficiency: Demonstrated experience with Java and Python.

Cloud Competency: Proficiency with common AWS services or equivalent such as EKS/ECS Kinesis Lambda DynamoDB SNS and SQS.

Systems Monitoring and Analytics: Knowledge of systems monitoring alerting and analytics using tools such as Datadog Splunk New Relic or AWS CloudTrail.

Communication Skills: Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration.

LLM Expertise: Proven experience developing evaluating and orchestrating agentic workflows

MLOps and Distributed Systems: Hands-on experience with distributed systems and MLOps tooling such as Kubernetes Docker MLflow Airflow Terraform and CI/CD.

Preferred Skills

Data Streaming and Orchestration: Familiarity with tools such as Kafka Flink Spark dbt and Airflow.

Multi-Modal LLM Systems: Experience with multi-modal LLM systems (text image embeddings).

AI Observability and Evaluation: Exposure to AI observability prompt evaluation frameworks and safety alignment tools.

Vector Database Knowledge: Understanding of vector databases and retrieval workflows.

PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play - its also the Best Place to Work. Weve thrilled gamers since 1994 when we launched the original PlayStation. Today were recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

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We strive to create an inclusive environment empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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We strive to create an inclusive environment empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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